Fact Book

3858. Fact

About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.

3859. Fact

Colgate claims Tooth Fairy as a registered trademark.

3860. Fact

Rice and some other grains contain chemicals that can enhance brain functions.

3861. Fact

The Daddy long legs spider has venom to be used as a defensive mechanism. Don't worry though, coz it cannot puncture human skin, and even if it did, it would PROBABLY only cause a allergic reaction.

3862. Fact

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

3863. Fact

While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes

3864. Fact

About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.

3865. Fact

The left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right one.

3866. Fact

Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.

3867. Fact

There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away

3868. Fact

Eating parsley after eating an onion can help in getting rid of onion breath

3869. Fact

In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street

3870. Fact

In West Virginia, it is legal for one to take roadkill home for dinner.

3871. Fact

Nine U.S. Presidents never went to college: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman.

3872. Fact

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".

3873. Fact

A dragonfly is also known as devil's darning needle, horse stinger, and devil's steelyard.

3874. Fact

The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.

3875. Fact

In 1956, 80% of all U.S. households had a refrigerator, but only 8% of British households had one.

3876. Fact

Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.

3877. Fact

The average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted.

3878. Fact

The term the whole 9 yards came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the whole 9 yards.

3879. Fact

Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream.

3880. Fact

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

3881. Fact

Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

3882. Fact

Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar.

3884. Fact

About 30% of Canadians rely on getting their water from the ground for their domestic use

3885. Fact

In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people.

3886. Fact

Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa.

3887. Fact

Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.

3888. Fact

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

3889. Fact

The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.

3890. Fact

Every year, Mexico City sinks about 10 inches.

3891. Fact

Owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.

3892. Fact

In Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise's character (Lt. Dan) tells Tom Hanks' character (Forrest Gump) that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day he'd be an astronaut. The following year, Sinise and Hanks appeared together as astronauts in Apollo 13.

3893. Fact

In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces.

3894. Fact

A pound of grasshoppers is three times as nutritious as a pound of beef.

3895. Fact

The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.

3896. Fact

Gargling in public is against the law in Louisiana.

3897. Fact

5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US.

3898. Fact

In India, Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel.

3899. Fact

Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname Tiger in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.

3900. Fact

One out of every 11 workers in North Carolina depends on tobacco for their livelihood .

3901. Fact

Over one million Pet Rocks were sold in 1975, makine Gary Dahl, of Los Gatos, California, a millionaire. He got the idea while joking with friends about his pet that was easy to take care of, which was a rock

3902. Fact

All mammals, except man and monkey are color blind.

3903. Fact

A woman has approximately 4.5 litres of blood in her body, while men have 5.6 litres

3904. Fact

JFK's golf clubs sold for $772,500 at a 1996 auction. The buyer was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

3905. Fact

Catfish from the Nile River swim upside-down.

3906. Fact

In France, the Big Dipper is called the casserole.

3907. Fact

In the United Kingdom, three million people play bingo every year